SOLAR PASSIVE TECHNIQUES

Name :- Deepali Bafna

Roll No.:- 2012BARX1005
School Of Planning And Architecture
Submitted To :- AR. MANISH SIR

WHAT DO I MEAN BY SOLAR

PASSIVE TECHNIQUES ??
In passive solar building design,
windows, walls, and floors are made to
collect, store, and distribute solar energy
in the form of heat in the winter and reject
solar heat in the summer.
The key to designing a passive solar
building is to best take advantage of the
local climate.

ELEMENTS INCLUDED
Window placement
and glazing type
Thermal insulation
Thermal mass
Shading

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS ARE USED IN THE

SOLAR UMBRELLA HOUSE TO ACHIEVE NEARLY 100% ENERGY
NEUTRALITY .

TYPES

TROMBE WALL
CAVITY WALL
WATER WALL
SOLAR CHIMNEY

TROMBE WALL
A wall is built on the winter sun side of a
building with a glass external layer and a high
mass internal layer separated by a layer of
air.
Trombe walls work on the basic greenhouse
principle that heat from the sun in the form of
near-visible shorter-wavelength higherenergy ultraviolet radiation passes through
glass largely unimpeded.

1)Air flow in trombe wall

2) A northern hemisphere
trombe wall

CAVITY WALL
Cavity walls consist of two 'skins' separated
by a hollow space (cavity).
.The skins are commonly masonry such as
brick or concrete block. Masonry is an
absorbent material, and therefore will slowly
draw rainwater or even humidity into the wall.
. The cavity serves as a way to drain this water
back out through weep holes at the base of
the wall system or above windows.

THE SCIENCE OF CAVITY

INSULATION
The reason cavity insulation keeps heat in
is that the polymer and air in the cavity are
good insulators. This is because the
distance between the particles in the air is
greater than in a solid. Other benefits of
cavity walls are their resistance to
moisture from the outer side to the inner
wall and the increase of sound proofing.

WATER WALL
Water wall passive solar buildings are
usually the most attractive type of passive
solar home. The key element for a passive
solar home is thermal mass and water
provides this mass at a lower cost than
either concrete or phase change salts.

REASONS WE SHOULD
USE WATER WALL

They can be installed in new construction easily and economically

They are more effective than masonry for heating and cooling,
particularly in areas with cool night temperatures.
They are more flexible than phase change storage because they
work for cooling as well as heating, and don't have a critical
working temperature
They can be easily disguised to become practically invisible .
They can be smaller than an equivalent masonry wall, avoiding
the claustrophobic sensation of full masonry walls .
They are extremely comfortable because of the large radiant
surface exposed to the inside
In many cases they can be retrofitted economically and easily.

Solar chimney
A solar chimney often referred to as a
thermal chimney is a way of improving
the natural ventilation of buildings by using
convection of air heated by passive solar
energy.
A simple description of a solar chimney is
that of a vertical shaft utilizing solar energy
to enhance the natural stack ventilation
through a building.

THE BASIC DESIGN

The solar collector area: This can be located in the
top part of the chimney or can include the entire
shaft. The orientation, type of glazing, insulation
and thermal properties of this element are crucial
for harnessing, retaining and utilizing solar gains
The main ventilation shaft: The location, height,
cross section and the thermal properties of this
structure are also very important.
The inlet and outlet air apertures: The sizes,
location as well as aerodynamic aspects of these
elements are also significant

CAD(TAS) SOLAR
CHIMNEY MODEL

POSITIVE ASPECTS
Reduced reliance on wind and wind driven
ventilation
Improved control of air flow though a building
Greater choice Improved ventilation rates on still,
hot days
of air intake (i.e. leeward side of building)
Improved air quality and reduced noise levels in
urban areas
Increased night time ventilation rates
Allow ventilation of narrow, small spaces with
minimal exposure to external elements

THANK YOU

-BY DEEPALI BAFNA